TOPIC: Energy drinks/ gatorade

Has anyone added energy drinks to concessions lineup? It seems to be a frequently snuck in item lately. I have been shying away from it due to the hgih cost of them. Hard to make any kind of a margin on them compared to almost everything else. Also considering Gatorade type drinks as most of my hgih school age kids in sports are not allowed any soda drinking by their coaches. Maybe a good survey question?

I wouldn't waste the time stocking them. Profit margin is low. The kids are not going to pay an inflated price for Gatorade, Amp, Monster, etc. Plus, how would you know if they carried it in from outside or purchased it from your concession stand? Imagine the noise from the smartass that is crushing the cans in the auditorium.

I ordered as case of 24 cans of AMP from our Pepsi distributor, for my own personal "stash", as I love the stuff. I paid 20 cents less per can thru Pepsi,than if I would have purchased it from Pick N Save (grocery stores). I thought that I would have saved a lot of $$$$ ordering it direct, but, no way Jose.

When I asked I forgot all about asking the Pepsi guy and it being in BIBs. I have a lot of college students and maybe get more requests for it than most. I was thinking of charging a similar price as the slushies I sell with no free refills. A word of caution from the Pepsi guy is that they had to reformulate their own energy drink in the BIBs becasuse they were leaching through the plastic lines and tainting the soda lines when taped together. The stuff was eating through the plastic so to speak. I agree to do it you need to do it with the BIBs.